Talk To Your Family About Your Estate Plan
The Wealth Counselor
By Michael P. Rapps
Many of us labor for a lifetime to build up our assets and fight for causes that matter to us. Few things are more...
Dear ORA: Halachic Prenup
Dear ORA,
How do you bring up a halachic prenup when you’re dating? At what point in the process should you mention it?
Sincerely,
Doubting Dater
Dear Doubting Dater,
What a great question! At...
Rabbi: Judaism Does Not Forbid Same-Sex Couples From Building a Family
(Israel Hayom) A religious-Zionist rabbi has decided to tackle a hot-button issue: Couples from the LGBTQ+ community raising families.
On Saturday night, Rabbi Benny Lau, formerly of the Ramban Synagogue in...
Valuable Lessons From A Five-Year-Old
By Yochanan Gordon
I’ve learned to reevaluate the conversations that I have with my kids. While in years past I may have listened half heartedly to the typical shooting-the-breeze talk...
A Touching Email From Cell #217
On the eve of his daughter's wedding, COLlive has received an emotional email directly from Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin titled "All yidden Invited to Rubashkin wedding."
R' Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, the...
State Department Still Opposing Citizenship for Gay Couple’s Child
(JTA) — The U.S. State Department has appealed a federal district court decision that overturned its denial of citizenship to one of the twins born to a Jewish same-sex...
Matching Teens With Seniors in Summer ‘Perfect Pair’ Program
The Orthodox Union’s Project Community (PC20) has launched the “Perfect Pair” program to connect teens with seniors beginning July 20 to create important friendship and bonds between teens and...
Shalom Task Force Launches Fellowship for High Schoolers
Shalom Task Force announces Purple Fellowship, a new national program for high school students. It will be led by Shalom Task Force staff members Rocky Salomon, hotline service specialist,...
A Wedding To Remember
Through all the chaos, last Tuesday evening, November 6, Shira Herman of Harborview, daughter of Tommy and Debbie Herman, was married to Sendy Yaffe, son of Rabbi Mordechai and...
Advice From YidParenting
Money, Part 1
By Rabbi Yitzie Ross
Q. My question is regarding my eight-year-old son and his interest in money. I am thinking about giving him an allowance or some way...
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Addressing V’Lo Yilbash
Sometimes, a general prohibition is well-known, but the details of the prohibition are foreign even to seasoned talmidei chachamim. Although the prohibition of v’lo...
Terror In Jerusalem: Seven Dead in Shooting in Synagogue in Neve Yaakov
Elad Benari, Canada
At least seven people were killed and several others were injured, including one critically, in a shooting attack on a synagogue in...
Gaza Terrorists Fire Rockets Into Israel, Prompting IDF Retaliatory Strikes Against Hamas
(January 27, 2023 / JNS) Palestinian terrorists fired a barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip at Israeli communities overnight Thursday, prompting retaliatory strikes by the IDF...